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Caterpillar Inc (CAT): Today's Featured Industrial Winner

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Caterpillar (
CAT) pushed the Industrial industry higher today making it today's featured industrial winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.9%. By the end of trading, Caterpillar rose $1.03 (1.2%) to $83.54 on light volume. Throughout the day, 4,415,002 shares of Caterpillar exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 5,979,500 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $82.30-$83.74 after having opened the day at $82.75 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $82.51. Other companies within the Industrial industry that increased today were:
China Valves Technology (
CVVT), up 12.7%,
Euro Tech Holdings Company (
CLWT), up 11.6%,
Ballard Power Systems (
BLDP), up 9.5% and
China BAK Battery (
CBAK), up 6.2%.

Caterpillar Inc. manufactures and sells construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives worldwide. Caterpillar has a market cap of $53.5 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. Shares are down 7.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 10 analysts that rate Caterpillar a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 8 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates
Caterpillar as a
buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its good cash flow from operations and notable return on equity. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.